Fox Creek Apartments
1656 North 400 West, Layton, UT 84041
801-776-6707  WEBSITE save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
65%

overall rating:
3.2
3.1
3.1 Parking:
4.0
4.0 Maintenance:
3.4
3.4 Construction:
3.0
3.05 Noise:
3.7
3.7 Grounds:
3.7
3.65 Safety:
3.3
3.3 Office Staff:
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Pass!

From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 9/8/2001
Years at this apartment: 2000 - 2001
 
I would not recommend this complex to anyone.

Read the fine print in the lease agreement on lease buy-out, property liens on your goods.

Notes on below:

1. Parking

Fee for second car parking. Problems with "free" lots getting filled up. It can be a hassle if someone parks in "your spot" during the evening. Local police say, "Call your property manager" which doesn't do any good since they aren't available in the evenings.

4. Lighting

Bulbs out in common areas. Requires call to maintenance to fix. Employee lives on grounds, but wonder whether they notice the obvious lights burnt out.

There is a dark area in the back of the complex that can be kind of scary. Grounds are well kept; but beware of the noise early Saturday mornings when the maintenance personnel get out their "dust busters" to blow away the dust from the parking lots.

5. Exercise Facility

Small/limited exercise facility in the old laundry room; indoor sauna and showers available with electronic "wave" pass.

6. Laundry

Laundry facilities closed. Now have stackable dryers in most apartments. Animals get in the vents and will wake you up if your laundry vent is near your bedroom. Bird find ways to get around the "screens" outside.

7. Move-in.

There are three floors: Basement, ground, and third floor. Top floor (third) is up stairs which bend. Parking/move-in vehicles can almost pull up to the base of the stairs. Cars are parked between the move-in vehicle and the home and can get in the way of moving large furniture.

Due to high tenant turnover, it is not unusual to have to ask the moving truck to move so you can pull your car out to go somewhere.

9. Wall Thickness

Can easily hear "People walking up the stairs". Dwellings are immediately adjacent to parking, so there is noise. Highway (I-15) and train are audible. Increasing volume of traffic along Hill Field Road into Hill AFB.

Beware of flooding in basement apartments.

10. Maintenance

Annual changes to air-conditioning vent. Appliance/maintenance problems fixed fairly quickly, but did have a problem with dishwasher not being repaired for almost a month.

15. Area

Nice view of mountains, but depends on where your apartment is located. Some units have no windows on the mountain side.

20. Staff

High turnover and low credibility. Training for staff could be improved. Staff are evasive and give mixed stories to tenants. Discouraging to find that the explanations for problems are not consistently given to the tenants.

Have selective memory: Keep copies of your receipts. Amazing what happens when you talk to other tenants...the different stories you will hear.

21. Availability

Staff is not always in during posted hours. If you require a real solution, may have to leave a message with the regional property manager who travels and is often not in the Salt Lake Office.

Night-emergency mainteance available with phone-call, but may not be able to get hold of apartment manager in an emergency.

Recommended: NO
Overall Rating
2 out of 5
Parking:
2 of 5
Maintenance:
4 of 5
Construction: 2 of 5
Noise:
2 of 5
Grounds: 3 of 5
Safety: 2 of 5
Office Staff:
1 of 5
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